Coping Skills
This simple breathing technique involves inhaling for 4 seconds, holding for 4 seconds, and exhaling for 4 seconds.
What is Box Breathing.
This term describes the uncomfortable physical or emotional symptoms that can occur when someone stops using a substance.
What is withdrawal
This type of therapy focuses on changing negative thinking patterns and behaviors.
What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
This condition involves persistent feelings of worry, tension, and nervousness.
What is Anxiety
In this Pixar movie, emotions like Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear, and Disgust live inside a young girl’s mind.
What is Inside Out
This coping skill involves focusing attention on the present moment by noticing your surroundings, breathing, or bodily sensations.
What is grounding.
This recovery concept encourages people to focus only on staying sober for the present day.
What is one day at a time
This therapy created by Marsha Linehan teaches mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness.
What is Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
This condition may include symptoms like low mood, loss of interest, fatigue, and hopelessness.
What is Depression
This film starring Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence follows two people coping with mental health struggles who bond through dance.
What is Silver Linings Playbook
This coping skill involves intentionally focusing on the present moment without judgement.
What is mindfulness.
This term describes situations, emotions, or environments that increase the risk of relapse.
What is triggers
This type of therapy involves multiple people sharing experiences and supporting each other in a facilitated session.
What is group therapy
This mental health condition can develop after experiencing or witnessing a traumatic event.
What is PTSD
This psychological thriller stars Natalie Portman as a ballerina experiencing intense pressure and mental distress.
What is Black Swan
This DBT distress tolerance skill encourages changing body chemistry through temperature, intense exercise, paced breathing, and progressive relaxation.
What is TIPP.
This coping strategy involves planning ahead for high-risk situations that might lead to relapse.
What is relapse prevention
This therapy approach focuses on exploring how past experiences and unconscious thoughts affect current behavior.
What is Psychodynamic Therapy
This disorder involves difficulties with attention, impulsivity, and hyperactivity.
What is ADHD
This movie starring Robin Williams tells the story of a therapist helping a troubled math genius work through trauma and emotional barriers.
What is Good Will Hunting
This coping strategy involves intentionally replacing negative or unhelpful thoughts with more balanced and realistic ones.
What is cognitive restructuring/reframing
This condition occurs when someone struggles with both a substance use disorder and another mental health disorder.
What is co-occurring disorder or dual diagnosis
This evidence-based treatment helps people process traumatic memories through guided eye movements or other bilateral stimulation.
What is Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
This personality disorder often involves intense emotions, fear of abandonment, and difficulty with relationships.
What is Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
This film starring Russell Crowe portrays a brilliant mathematician living with schizophrenia.
What is A Beautiful Mind